Essay #105 "Computer Games" 02.05.18 With the fast paced development of technology in recent decades computers from scientific miracles that were available only in laboratories transformed into a household item that everyone has. However, with its positive effects inevitably come the negative ones. And some people deem computer games as one of these detrimental influences. One of the main negative effects of it is that children tend to spend too much time in front of a computer playing games. In many cases this is not only steal their time from education and other useful activities, but also these games often too violent and do no set up real values that they should adopt. Thus, children waste their entire free time on this meaningless activity instead of educating themselves, doing sports or socializing with family and friends. However, sometimes computers and computer games have a highly beneficial effect on children’s development. There are plenty of games with educational purposes which represented as a game that appeals to children and helps to involve them in the learning process at the same time, moreover, it makes education more fun. Also with widespread of online gaming games can help to develop children’s communicational skills, which are very important in an everyday life. So, there are a negative and a positive side, to decrease bad effect parents should control better their children’s time in front of a computer. They have to regulate the amount of time they spend on games and what games they exactly are playing. Also they can use computer games as a treat for good behaviour, so it can stimulate children to get better marks at school and to better behave. To conclude, despite computer gaming has some negative effects, mainly it is use of computer and amount of time that have been spent in front of computer makes it positive or negative. So to decrease this, parents just need to limit the amount of time their children spend playing games, and to increase positive influence parents should try to find games that could help in development of their children. Thus, computer games are not bad by themselves, it is only how we use them makes them this way, so it is up to parents’ responsibility to make the right decision.